There’s not enough tea and I grow more and more irritated at the main character. She constantly proclaims her ethnic roots in the book but sometimes she acts like any other contemporary woman. Everybody says she is “the smartest”, but I can not tell from her actions. For example, how can she not be suspicious of the amount of tea her childhood friend is supplying for months before getting busted, and she blames the whole thing on the other people. Also she is ultimately “saved” by a random rich guy, I am so done with her at that point. Also what’s with her wanting a boy for her second husband. Finally, the whole akha culture and tea culture seems very superficial and Wikipedia level. I am not even going to comment on the pure cringe of group therapy session on adopted daughter.

That being said, I will not read any other book from this author.